NEW YORK - Anyone who has taken their kids back-to-school shopping knows how hard it can be to resist pleas for a Dora the Explorer folder or a Lightning McQueen lunchbox. But this year, some parents have been testing a new strategy: leaving the little ones at home.
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Trader Joe's, the specialty grocery chain, might not have the cheapest toilet paper or the most varieties of ketchup, but it hooks customers with mango butter, chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds and cilantro-and-jalapeno hummus.
LAS VEGAS - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. canceled its planned initial public offering Friday, folding its hand for now on what was already a money-losing bet on returning to the stock market just three years after the casino giant went private.
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